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'''Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo''' (born March 29, 1944) is a [[Ghana]]ian politician and |
'''Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo''' (born March 29, 1944) is a [[Ghana]]ian politician, diplomat, murderer and a cocaine addict. He was one of the founding members of the centre [[New Patriotic Party]] (NPP) in 1992, and was also the founder and first chairperson of the Ghana Committee on Human and People's Rights. {{Fact|date=April 2009}} |
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He was educated at the [[Lancing College]], Sussex, England, and the University of Ghana, Legon, and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Economics degree. |
He was educated at the [[Lancing College]], Sussex, England, and the University of Ghana, Legon, and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Economics degree. |
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Revision as of 12:40, 7 June 2009
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (born March 29, 1944) is a Ghanaian politician, diplomat, murderer and a cocaine addict. He was one of the founding members of the centre New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 1992, and was also the founder and first chairperson of the Ghana Committee on Human and People's Rights. [citation needed]
He was educated at the Lancing College, Sussex, England, and the University of Ghana, Legon, and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Economics degree.
Nana Akufo Addo trained as a lawyer in England and was called to the English Bar in July 1971 as well as the Ghanaian Bar in July 1975.
He had a stint with the Coudert Freres, a major US law firm, as an associate counsel, at its Paris office in France between 1971 and 1975.
The Foreign Minister also worked as a junior partner at the chambers of U.V. Campbell, and in 1979 co-founded, with Dr Edmund Prempeh, the law firm, Akufo-Addo, Prempeh and Company in Accra.
Nana Akufo-Addo has served on the boards and committees of a number of political, legal and social organisations in the country. He is also the Chairperson of DHL, Ghana Limited; Chairperson, Kinesec Communications Company Limited, publishers of the Statesman.
Under President John Kufuor, Akufo-Addo was the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice from 2001 to 2003; he was then Minister for Foreign Affairs from April 2003 to July 2007, when, in accordance with his political party's rules, he resigned, along with seven others, to seek the presidential nomination of his party.
On December 23 2007, Akufo-Addo was elected as the NPP's 2008 presidential candidate at a party congress, receiving 47.96% of valid votes (1,096 votes). Although he fell short of the required 50%, the second-place candidate, John Alan Kyeremanten, conceded defeat and backed Akufo-Addo.[1] In the 2008 presidential election, Akufo-Addo received the highest number of votes in the first round of voting, but since he failed to obtain a majority, the election went into a second round runoff between him and National Democratic Congress candidate John Atta-Mills. In the runoff, he lost the election to Atta-Mills by a 50.23%–49.77% vote.[2]
References
- ^ "Akufo-Addo Is The Man Of The Moment - President", Modernghana.com, December 24, 2007.
- ^ Kokutse, Francis (2009-01-03). "Opposition leader wins presidency in Ghana". Associated Press.
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- http://www.ibelieveinghana.com
- http://www.fonaa.org
- GhanaWeb: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
- EIN News: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
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